How antimicrobial stewardship can help you

The RCGP and UKHSA are hosting a series of free webinars designed to help healthcare professionals understand the Cycle of Antimicrobial Stewardship.  This cycle is critical, it protects the effectiveness of antibiotics, optimises the diagnosis and management of common infections, and promotes shared decision making.

The cycle of antimicrobial stewardship ensures the management of common infections is evidence-based, systematic, and continuous: IDENTIFY > LEARN > ACT > REVIEW

Who should attend?

These webinars are for clinicians and commissioners in the primary care setting including GPs, particularly trainees and those in early in their career; pharmacists and nurse prescribers.

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2024 webinars


Patient perceptions of infections & antibiotics: insights from national surveys

Wednesday 27 November 2024| 18:30 - 19:30 | Online 

This webinar will reveal insights from public survey data (2019 – 2024) covering knowledge of common infections and antibiotics, as well as relevant health-seeking behaviours. We will also review resources and techniques to discuss non-prescribing options with patients, supporting shared decision-making, self-care and safety netting. 

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2025 webinars


Navigating antimicrobial stewardship for new and early career prescribers 

Wednesday 29 January 2025| 18:30 - 19:30 | Online 

This webinar is designed for early career prescribers as our individual prescribing cultures are often formed during our training, or early in our career. Evidence shows that once formed, prescribing habits are likely to remain stable over time. We will discuss antimicrobial resistance, its consequences, and tools available in the TARGET toolkit that can help support healthcare professionals. 

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Managing recurrent UTI and reviewing long-term and repeat antibiotic therapy 

Wednesday 19 March 2025| 18:30 - 19:30 | Online 

Management guidance for recurrent UTI is published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and is frequently updated based on new evidence or changes in best practice. 

This webinar we will discuss updates to the NICE guidance and demonstrate the TARGET ‘How to’ guide for recurrent UTI which supports the review and management of patients who are on long-term/repeat antibiotics. This includes self-help preventative measures as well as alternatives to antibiotics that can be explored with patients. 

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Identify

Explore what antimicrobial stewardship looks like in your practice.

Use the self-assessment checklist and audit templates, combined with practice wide discussions, to identify areas where action may be needed. 

Learn

Stay informed on the latest evidence, research and guidance on antibiotic use.  

Use the toolkit hub explore the resources and sign up to a free webinar to keep up to date. and learn about the four stages of the antimicrobial stewardship.

Act

Take proactive steps to enhance stewardship and promote shared decision-making.    

Use the patient information leaflets and how-to-guides to support shared decision making (and provide advice around prevention, self-care and safety netting for common infections).

Review

Review your practices against current prescribing guidelines.

Use the self-assessment checklist and audit templates to see if anything has changed.


The TARGET Cycle of Antimicrobial Stewardship

A poster image depicting the TARGET Cycle of Antimicrobial Stewardship: Identify, Learn, Act, Review.